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in reply to Biggest clue you don't want the job you're offered

How about 'what they make'. I help make medical equipment. Love it. Its rewarding. Its also a level 3 company. I was offered a lot more money to work in a much more relaxed environment, in a place with a much nicer climate, and I turned it down. Who wants to make another damn cell phone?

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Re: Re: Biggest clue you don't want the job you're offered
by Boldra (Deacon) on Apr 03, 2001 at 18:19 UTC
    A very good point. I used to work for a Co that made 3-page websites for tourist operators. Then I'd have to try to trick people to visit/stay on the site - making me feel like a used car salesman.

    Since then, the most rewarding work I've done is on community websites. There, (like here), you can pop into the chatroom and meet the users. I find it much more fulfilling to actually be producing something that the users enjoy. Vroom, you've got a good job :)
Re: Re: Biggest clue you don't want the job you're offered
by petdance (Parson) on Apr 16, 2001 at 17:44 UTC
    Big agreement on the "What they make". My company is the #1 vendor of books to school libraries, and before that I was working at a sister company that made software for the library.
    # Andy Lester  http://www.petdance.com  AIM:petdance
    %_=split';','.; Perl ;@;st a;m;ker;p;not;o;hac;t;her;y;ju';
    print map $_{$_}, split //,
    'andy@petdance.com'